I'm sure the result will be pretty evenly divided. Personally, I've always had steel wheels and stayed with them on the 19. I typically camp as close to salt water as possible and mine are still fine but I'm sure there'll be some that point out alloys don't rust.

Both do the job, there's no wrong answer but I'm sure you'll find out that there's lots of opinions on steel vrs. alloy.

I considered the aluminum to replace my white steel wheels, until it was pointed out to me that aluminum also requires maintenance. If they stayed shiny and new without me doing anything, I would reconsider.

Really? Are there baby moons that will fit the Escape steel wheels?
I kept to the steel wheels because I haven't met an aluminum wheel that didn't leak just a little bit.
Gary

$11.99 each at etrailer.com. I am assuming that there is a snap ring on the steel wheel. (Most trailer wheels have one)
I am a year away from getting my 5.0 TA so it is on my "look into it when the time comes" list.
Back in my misspent youth I was stationed at Zweibrucken AB in Germany. My 3 person NDI (nondestructive inspection) shop got delivery of a brand new 275KV X-Ray machine which was mounted in a bright yellow trailer with baby moon hubcaps wrapped in brown paper for safe transport. Two weeks later, the Aerospace Ground Equipment people came and took our trailer to paint a flat olive drab color. They even took off the hubcaps, painted the wheel inside that area and then painted the baby moons. I'm still traumatized over that.